The HCMC administration has rescinded an earlier order and allowed inter-district movement of shippers approved to deliver essential goods to medical facilities or locked down areas.

The capitals of Dong Nai and Long An provinces, both HCMC neighbors, have turned into ghost towns as people are kept indoor after 6 p.m.

HCM CITY— HCM City is considering extending its current social distancing period for one to two weeks as part of an effort to curb the increasing number of COVID-19 cases, Phan Văn Mãi, deputy secretary of the HCM City Party Committee, said at a press meeting on July 28.

HCMC might need to prolong its social distancing period by one or two weeks after August 1 as Covid-19 cases keep rising, a senior official said.

Close to a thousand Hoan Kiem District residents got their first shots of the Moderna vaccine Wednesday as Hanoi launched its mass Covid-19 vaccination program.

Can Tho City and five provinces in the Mekong Delta have finalized plans to bring back locals who want to return home from Covid-19 epicenter HCMC.

11 southern provinces have required residents not to go out between 6 p.m. and 5-6 a.m. the next day in an effort to curb Covid-19 spread.

Hóc Môn District in the outskirts of HCM City, plans to establish six isolation areas to accommodate symptomatic COVID-19 patients for treatment.

HCMC authorities have decided that delivery people shipping essential goods can only do so in one district to minimize possible spread of Covid-19 by them.

Bac Lieu Province has become the second Vietnamese locality to order residents not to go out from 6 p.m. starting Monday.